Cultivar 295: Evermore

Evermore is an everbearing garden strawberry listed by Daniels Nursery in 1950 under the Minnesota selection name Minn. No. 1166. Daniels describes it as the first everbearer introduced and named by the Minnesota Fruit Breeding Farm in more than twenty years. This gives it historical importance in Minnesota strawberry breeding. [S1]

The catalog does not give a full origin cross or release date, but it clearly ties Evermore to the Minnesota Fruit Breeding Farm and presents it as a notable new northern introduction. Daniels also says supply was very limited and urges customers to order early, which suggests it was still scarce in trade at the time of listing. [S1]

The fruit description is brief. Daniels says the quality is very good and slightly acid, and adds that it "must be, and is, good," a rare bit of emphatic catalog language. No size, color, flesh, or season detail is given beyond its placement among everbearing varieties. [S1]

As a plant, Evermore is described as an excellent maker of plants for an everbearer and usually very productive. Daniels also credits it with extreme hardiness and strong drought resistance, placing it clearly in the nursery's cold climate, stress tolerant strawberry offering. [S1]

The hardiness evidence here is descriptive rather than zoned. Daniels does not assign a hardiness zone, but the cultivar was marketed through a northern nursery and specifically praised for extreme hardiness and drought resistance. [S1]

Evermore matters less for a fully described fruit profile than for what it represented in breeding history: a named Minnesota everbearer after a gap of more than two decades. The surviving source leaves much of the fuller horticultural story unanswered, but it preserves the cultivar's identity, breeding context, and reputation for toughness and productivity. [S1]

Summary source basis

• S1: Daniels planting guide, 1950

This summary currently draws chiefly from Daniels planting guide, 1950.

Selected source quotations

“EVERMORE (Minn. No. 1166)-The first everbearer to be introduced and named by the Minnesota Fruit Breeding Farm in over 20 years.”
— Daniels planting guide, 1950, p27

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• EVERMORE (Minn. No. 1166)-The first everbearer to be introduced and named by the Minnesota Fruit Breeding Farm in over 20 years.Daniels planting guide, 1950, p27
• EVERMORE (Minn. No. 1166)-The first everbearer to be introduced and named by the Minnesota Fruit Breeding Farm in over 20 years.Daniels planting guide, 1950, p27
• EVERMORE (Minn. No. 1166)-The first everbearer to be introduced and named by the Minnesota Fruit Breeding Farm in over 20 years.Daniels planting guide, 1950, p27
• EVERMORE (Minn. No. 1166)-The first everbearer to be introduced and named by the Minnesota Fruit Breeding Farm in over 20 years.Daniels planting guide, 1950, p27

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